UP Summa Cum Laude At 16!

16-year-old Mikaela Irene Fudolig, of Boholano descent, graduated last weekend with a degree in BS Physics and with the highest academic honor of summa cum laude. She has a 1.099 GPA. She is the youngest student to graduate from the UP in recent years and one of only two admitted to the state university without a high school diploma and without taking the UP College Admission Test, ANC reported.

Mikaela was only 11 when she started taking college level courses at the university. It's good to know that there is an Early College Placement Program (ECPP) in UP designed for gifted child like Mikaela.

One more thing… she isn’t taking up Nursing to work abroad. She is staying on at UP to teach. Two thumbs up to her, her parents and the UP professors who conceived and implemented the program! Let us now look for more Mikaelas out there and give them the education that they need. (Mikaela is the daughter of JoseAntonio "Tony" Fudolig and Lyn Dimaano Fudolig. She is the granddaughter of the late Ponciano "Poncing" Lustan Fudolig and Andresa "Desing" Milana Bompat of 85 Gallares Street, Tagbilaran City).

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